Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 17, Number 4, December 1939
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Notes and Documents, December 1939 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including notes on the federal government's efforts to secure a treaty for the removal of Chickasaws from Mississippi to the Choctaw Nation and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 26, 1939.
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Necrology, December 1939 (Article)
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frank Pearson Johnson, a banker and business leader; James Haskins Sutherlin, a former state senator; Charles W. Raymond, a federal judge of the Indian Territory; and Thomas Lawrence Wade Jr., a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 17, Number 4, December 1939, periodical, December 1939; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827449/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.